Tuesday, April 8, 2014

PostHeaderIcon Exploring Photo Apps

This marks the last week of our massive spring cleaning.  The annual youth group rummage sale is set for this coming weekend and what is not boxed and sent by tomorrow will be donated to Goodwill or "if" I can find room to store it till next year I will. After a couple of loads of the car stuffed from the backseat to the trunk, I don't think I will have many things left to worry over. 

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The very best places to get free and easy to manage boxes are Radio Shack's (they get deliveries on Wednesdays) and banana boxes from the grocery store. The banana boxes are my favorite because they have handles. 

When not doing that, I have been driven batty with trying to get my Olympus DSLR working properly but I have come to the conclusion that it has come time to start saving up for a new camera. I will admit that I whined and felt sorry for myself for a bit but then decided to take it as a challenge. The best camera is the one that you have with you sooooooo since I have my iPhone with me almost all the time I decided to see how far I can stretch the creativeness of the photography apps and practice my general photo taking skills.  

Here is a before photo of my DD. No editing. Taken with my iPhone 5.

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And here is the After. I loved her profile in this and I wanted to do something really artsy but worthy of framing. 

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I am very pleased with how it turned out. The only thing that bugs me is the gap on the shadow on the horizontal arrow. What looked good on the small screen on my iPhone doesn't when I see it on a bigger screen. (oh how I would ♥ and iPad) I can't tell you what settings or what order I used these apps...sorry....next time I share before/after photos I will be more prepared to share those steps. 
Here's the apps I used:
FaceTune
Rookie
Afterlight
Rhonna Designs 

Here is another Before, no editing and taken with the iPhone 5. The afternoon sun was absolutely gorgeous shining on this Red Flowering Quince. It's one of the first things to bloom in the spring.

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This is the After. Again, I was just playing around just to see how far I could push the apps and keep my photo looking like a cool artsy piece that I would actually be proud to frame. 

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Apps used:
Rookie
Afterlight
Stackables

All export at full resolution and all of them have in app purchases for extra filters. In my personal opinion you get a lot of bang for the buck and the extras run from 99 cents to $2.99, definitely nothing too outrageously expensive.

I would absolutely love to hear and see anything you have edited with apps. Link me up so I can leave you some love!!!!♥

2 comments:

Sabina Pamphili said...

WOWWWWWWWW, wow, Balinda, the photos are absolutely amazing. I love every single one and it is tempting me to get a phone like yours. Awesome. I am glad I checked here - it made me smile. Thank you. xoxox God Bless.

Sabina Pamphili said...

I just had to come into your sight to look at those beautiful photos. Even the car with all the boxes made me smile. You are a delight, Balinda. Thank you for everything.
On a sad note: my dear husband passed away on July 29th, four days after my birthday. I guess he waited for it.
xox

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